The Seattle Seahawks defensive end player was the star man over the weekend as be beat other sportsmen which included Christopher Forrester Osei, Richard Commey and Thomas Partey to win the prestigious accolade.
The EMY Man of the Year Sports is a special category for sportsmen who have distinguished their selves under the year of review.
The EMY Africa Awards is an annual Father’s Day-related event that celebrates personalities who have contributed their quota to change, progress and continue to be symbols of stability and role models in the community.
The NFL star will be hosting his third annual Football camp this month in Accra on Saturday at the University of Ghana Main Field.
The camp seeks to discover and nurture talents will see hundreds of senior high school students from all over the country participate. The participants will be taken through a number of techniques and skills in playing American football.
PROFILE of EZEKIEL NANA ANSAH
Ezekiel Nana Ansah is a Ghanaian who played American Football for the Detroit Lions and is currently signed to play for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL).
He is the youngest of five children. Edward Richmond Ansah, his father, worked for a petroleum company and Elizabeth, his mother a nurse.
Ezekiel grew up playing soccer and was introduced to the game of basketball by his brother.
He developed his basketball interests and abilities at junior high school at the Golden Sunbeam Montessori School and played on the school's basketball team, leading them to win several trophies.
During his years in senior high school at the Presbyterian Boys' Senior Secondary School (PRESEC), he participated actively on the school's basketball team as well as track and field.
He moved to the United States of America and attended the Brigham Young University (BYU), after high school and studied Actuarial Science, major in statistics.
He tried out for the BYU Cougars men's basketball team and he was not successful. He then spent a season running track (100 and 200 meters) and competing in the triple jump.
He had no knowledge of American Football when he arrived in BYU but with the urging of his friend he eventually took interest and tried out for the BYU Cougars Football team.
With hard work, he impressed the coach, Bronco Mendenhall, who saw so much potential in him and gave Ezekiel an opportunity to join the team.
He played very well during his last two years at BYU. Ansah was drafted by the Detroit Lions with the fifth overall pick, of the 2013 NFL Draft. On May 10, 2013, the Detroit Lions signed him to a fully guaranteed four-year, $18.59 million contract with a signing bonus of $11.90 million.
After six years at Detroit, he moved to join Seattle Seahawks on May 2019, signing a one-year, $9 million deal. Read Full Story
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